USGBC Announces Major Initiatives at Greenbuild Show
The U.S. Green Building Council announced several major initiatives at the Greenbuild show held in Denver last week.
The U.S. Green Building Council announced several major initiatives at the Greenbuild show held in Denver last week. These include a requirement, subject to member balloting in early 2007, that all LEED-NC projects acquire at least two energy optimization (EA credit 1.1) points. All new LEED for new construction (LEED-NC) and LEED for Core and Shell (LEED-CS) projects will be automatically registered for the LEED For Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) program, so they will be encouraged to track continuing environmental benefits throughout the life of the building. USGBC’s new “Portfolio Performance” Program will help companies seeking to achieve LEED Certification on multiple buildings of the same prototype, such as bank branches and retail outlets. Further initiatives are in the works to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from LEED buildings, including incentives and requirements to meet the 50% reduction in 2005-average new building energy use by 2010, specified by the policy direction of the American Institute of Architects.
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